Water Quality, Organic Chemistry of Sediment, and Biological Conditions of Streams Near an Abandoned Wood-Preserving Plant Site at Jackson, Tennessee

Introduction 2 Purpose and scope 4 Acknowledgments 4 Description of sampling stations 4 Hydrogeologic conditions 5 Surface-water quality 6 Inorganic chemistry of water 7 Organic chemistry of water 9 Organic chemistry of sediment 12 Methylene-chloride extractable organic compounds 12 Bottom-sediment elutriates 15 Biological conditions. . . 20 Toxicity 20 Biotic communities 24 Fish-tissue analyses 25 Summary and conclusions 28 Selected references 29 Appendix 1 Periphyton analyses of sampling stations near Jackson, Tennessee 33 Appendix 2 Benthos and fish inventory for sampling stations near Jackson, Tennessee 43